Wire holder



Dec. 13, 1938. e. H. HANssoN 2,140,225

WIRE HOLDER Filed Oct. 2, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

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7 Dec. 13, 1938. G. H. HANssoN WIRE HOLDER Filed Oct. 2, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 BY I Patented Dec. 13, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application October 2,

1936, Serial No. 103,794

In Sweden January 10, 1936 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to holders for objects exposed for display. The holders consist of a single piece of wire or like material bent into one or more loops which are intended to be placed on the floor, or on a table so that the loops provide a support for the device. The holder also comprises two upstanding members which can be pushed apart and between which members the object to be displayed is resiliently gripped.

Holders hitherto known of the present type have the two grip members arranged at the one end of the wire, so that when being pushed apart to grip the object the elastic capacity of only a small portion of the total length of the wire will be used. In such construction the members can be elastically separated only in a small degree and beyond this limit the deflection will be permanent which in many cases will make the holder unfit for the purpose.

The object of this invention is the provision of a wire holder where the inconvenience of the prior devices are removed. The novel features of the invention include the use of the loop or loops of the wire which form a support for the device in such a way that the elastic capacity of the loop or loops influences the grip members when these are pushed apart. By this arrangement of the improved wire holder the grip members can be pushed apart very Widely without any risk of permanent deflections.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the holder designed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a View in perspective of the holder;

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the holder in inoperative position;

Figure 4 illustrates a view similar to Fig. 3 but with the holder placed in operative position;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the holder designed in accordance with a simplified embodiment of the invention;

Figure 6 is a front view of the last mentioned holder;

Figure 7 is a view in side elevation of the same holder;

Figure 8 is a plan View of the holder in accordance with a further embodiment of the invention.

According to the embodiment shown in Figs. 1-4 an inverted U-shaped grip member I is formed by bending the middle portion of a wire. Each end portion of this grip member is bent to form loops 2 and 3, each loop reaching near to the opposite end of the grip member I where each wire part is bent upwardly forming comparatively deep inverted U-shaped members 4 and 5 which two members together constitute the other grip member of the holder. Two arms 6 of these two members 4, 5 are positioned next to each other, and fastened to each other for example by soldering and the end portions I of the arms, suitably united in the same way, are bent to reach into the loops 2, 3. 7 These loops are formed essentially in the same plane, and the wire ends I are located in this plane of the double loop. The grip member I is situated in a plane which leans somewhat towards the centre of the double loop 2, 3 and the grip members 4, 5 are situated in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the grip member I (see Figs. 3 and 4).

In use the double loop 2, 3, provides a base for the holder so that when used as a base and placed on the floor, table or the like, the grip members I and 4, 5 will stand substantially upright therefrom. When the grip members I and 4, 5 are pushed apart, normally being held together by the elastic capacity of the loops 2, 3, an object for instance a book ID or the like can be placed between the grip member I and the grip members 4, 5 as shown in Fig. 4. In releasing the grip members the object will be secured between the same by means of the elastic capacity of the loops 2, 3. The grip members 4, 5 are suitably made higher than the grip member I in order to form a support for the object being held in a plane somewhat inclined towards the loops 2, 3.

According to the simplified embodiment shown in Figs. 5-7 the wire is bent to a single loop 3 and each end thereof is formed to an eye II and I2 standing upright from the plane of the closed loop 8. The loop 8 provides a base for the holder. The eyes are situated in front of each other and can be pushed apart as shown by the dash and dot lines in Fig. 5 against the elastic influence of the loop 8. In order to obtain a good guiding of g the eyes I I, I2, the free end I3 of the outer eye I I is bent into the loop 8 beneath a raised portion 9 of the same.

The holder in Figs. 5-7 is preferably used for carrying price tickets or the like which ticket is placed between the eyes or grip members II, I2.

The embodiment in Figs. 5-7 can be regarded as showing the principle of the construction. The embodiment in Fig. 8 is one step of development where the single loop in Figs. 5-7 is transformed into a double loop I4. It will be evident that more than two loops can be used. A further development is the embodiment in Figs. 1-4. The holder shown in Figs. 1-4 can be regarded as two united holders of the construction illustrated in Figs. 5-7.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be apparent that a holder constructed in accordance with the invention is particularly well adapted for use as a display holder and it is also apparent that the invention is susceptible of changes and modifications without departing from the principles and spirit thereof as expressed in the appended claims.

I claim: w

1. A holder comprising, a single piece of bent into a looped member which is intended to provide a base for the holder, two members projecting upwardly which memberscan be pushed apart in the direction of the plane of the looped member but normally are held together by the flexibility of the wire and between which members an object can be gripped, said base looped member being substantially of a closed circular form, the two gripping members being connected with each other by the base looped member and positioned adjacent each other, in a tangential plane with respect to the said looped member.

2. A holder comprising, a single piece of wire bent into a looped member which is intended to provide a base for the holder, two members projectin'g upwardly which members can be pushed apart in the direction of the plane of the looped member but normally are held together by the flexibility of the wire and between which members an object can be gripped, said base looped member consisting of two loops each substantially of the form of a portion of a circle and positioned approximately in the same plane, one upstanding grip member connected at one end with one end of one of said base loops and at the other end with the opposite end of the other base loop, the two other ends of the base loops being connected to each other bythe wire portion forming the other upstanding grip member, the two grip members lying adjacent each other and the base looped member having the greatest width thereof spaced at an appreciable distance from the gripping members.

3. A holder comprising a single piece of wire bent into a looped member which is intended to provide a base for the holder, two members projecting upwardly which members can be pushed apart in the direction of the plane of the looped member but normally are held together by the flexibility of the wire and between which members an object can be gripped, the two gripping mem bets being connected with each other by the base looped member and positioned adjacent each other at the one side of the base looped member, said base looped member having the greatest width thereof spaced at an appreciable distance from the gripping members.

GUSTAV HUGO HANSSON. 

